{"id":55931,"date":"2025-05-30T09:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=55931"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:06:43","slug":"editorial-on-polk-county-animal-control-florida-sheriff-grady-judd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/editorial-on-polk-county-animal-control-florida-sheriff-grady-judd\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial on Polk County Animal Control -Florida &#8211; Sheriff Grady Judd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Samantha Drzata<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County Animal Control -Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheriff Grady Judd,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"421\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Grady-Judd-Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Grady-Judd-Sheriff.jpg 590w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Grady-Judd-Sheriff-300x214.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You love to preach \u201ctransparency\u201d to the public, but when it comes to the one thing you\u2019re actually in charge of, Polk County Animal Control, there\u2019s nothing but silence, filth, and failure. The conditions are disgusting, the policies are outdated or nonexistent, and the suffering happening behind those walls is in your hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When are you going to start giving a damn? How bad does it have to get before you act like it matters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re sick of the lies, the coverups, and the complete lack of compassion or accountability. You\u2019re not fooling anyone. Do better, Grady. The animals deserve better. The public demands change and we\u2019re not going to shut up about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start answering for this mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 A furious Polk County resident and Animal advocate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHARE SHARE SHARE. Keep spreading the word, keep educating, and keep pushing for change.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f44f_1f3fb\/32.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Drzata Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office&nbsp; Polk County Animal Control -Florida Sheriff Grady Judd,&nbsp; You love to preach \u201ctransparency\u201d to the public, but when it comes to the one&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMDdcL0dyYWR5LUp1ZGQtU2hlcmlmZi5qcGc_Zml0PTU5MCUyQzQyMSZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IkVkaXRvcmlhbCBvbiBQb2xrIENvdW50eSBBbmltYWwgQ29udHJvbCAtRmxvcmlkYSAmIzgyMTE7IFNoZXJpZmYgR3JhZHkgSnVkZCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.yCzFXbXTvXrDcbqqYMe_qC13g2crjgEVl1fXgF8eXnoMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":1168,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Grady-Judd-Sheriff.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[11564],"class_list":["post-55931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-editorial-on-polk-county-animal-control-florida-sheriff-grady-judd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55935,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55931\/revisions\/55935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}